Amid #MeToo, More Colleges Host Female Graduation Speakers

NEW YORK (AP) – This graduation season, the podium is all hers.
For the first time in at least two decades, the majority of the nation’s top colleges are featuring women as their spring commencement speakers, a shift that industry experts credit to the wave of female empowerment that has fueled the #MeToo movement.
Yale is bringing Hillary Clinton. MIT will host Sheryl Sandberg. Vanderbilt landed Amal Clooney, while Dartmouth chose Mindy Kaling.
Overall, women account for nearly 60 p